author: Gergana Mancheva
Skier Nikola Chongarov – Olympic spirit & rock music
The Olympic spirit is all over Bulgaria’s long-year national ski competitor Nikola Chongarov. Prior to the Pyeongchang Olympics he voiced to the public his ambition to become the first Bulgarian Olympic competitor to qualify for the ski cross..
EU Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska: ‘New skills and retraining are major topics for European future’
“Here in the EU we try to link our regional policies to industry,” said Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs EU Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska after the sitting of the Informal Meeting of the Ministers responsible for..
Two exhibitions in Sofia on horror of Auschwitz and on Jews saved by diplomacy and self-sacrifice
#WeRemember is the title that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs chose this year to show respect to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day - January 27th. More than 120 employees from all departments of the ministrytook part in the initiative..
Istanbul Convention’s proposed ratification causes intense public debate
Bulgaria hasn’t seen so far precise statistics on the number of women and girls – victims of domestic violence over the past years. Gender equality has been discussed for years, but politicians state that the existing legislation has not been..
Author Ivailo Petrov – the scathing critic of the times
“When Ivail oPetrov’s novel “Wolf hunt” came out in 1985, people were stunned, they didn’t know whether the authorities wouldn’t suppress it. That was a few years before the societal changes in the country. Yet, the novel won the battle for a..
Master craftsman Atanas Peev: The trade of blacksmithery is a symbol of home and hearth
Once the day of St. Athanasius comes around, winter’s over! – Bulgarians of old would say, when they celebrated the day of St. Athanasius the Great on 31 January, old style. In our day it falls on 18 January. In our climes, the first month of the..
Rare silver coin commemorates Bulgaria’s Presidency of the Council of the EU
The new commemorative coin issued by the Bulgarian National Bank for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU generated a huge amount of interest among collectors and numismatists. The coin with a nominal value of 10 Leva is made of silver with..
Epiphany’s water blessing ceremony of battle flags
The Bulgarians see the battle flag as one of the major symbols of national integrity, related to the memory of the thousands of warriors who gave their life for the motherland. The flag is still an essential sign of honor and dignity. January 6 th –..
“Deer sacrifice” legend kept by Byzantine basilica ruins near Pirdop
The St. Ilia early-Christian basilica, aka the Elenska /Deer/ Basilica can be found some 3 km away from the town of Pirdop, at the foot of the Balkan Range. The church is a unique historical monument, as it is the only Byzantine-era site..
Young Bulgarian illustrators: the endless flight of imagination
We all have that favorite bedtime story, read by mom and dad every night. Thanks to the colorful illustrations the fairytale was brought to life. Often the names of the illustrators are shadowed by the author and his or her characters, but their..
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